Heating, Cooling, Empowering

How to Save the Planet by Emma Newman with Friends of the Earth

Nov 20, 202350:07Science & Medicine

Most homes in the UK are still heated by burning fossil fuels. Struggling households are faced with unnecessarily high bills and cold winters, or bearing the financial burden of replacing old-fashioned central heating. S...

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